Trish Panton was the International Oblate Coordinator for 12 years and for many years was the Australian Oblate Coordinator. Her loving guidance, her leadership and wisdom has given encouragement and inspiration to so many of us. We give thanks for her life of dedicated, generous, compassionate service to all on this path. She exemplified courage, […]
Sister Mary Joseph
Sister Mary Josephine (Jude) O’Brien died on May 7, 2021 at the age of 98, or, as she might have put it, in her 99th year As a member of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary for 80 years, Sister Josephine taught elementary school children in Ireland, Phoenix, Sacramento and the Chicagoland area. In […]
Margaret Stone
Margaret Stone (1946 – 2019) as with all of us have many descriptors:- daughter, sister, nurse, wife, mother, grandmother, but one that she wore well in her later life was that of a sincere and committed oblate. Margaret made her Final Oblation in Brisbane, Australia in 2011. Her presence at cell days contributed not only […]